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Royal Proclamation
Signed in 1763. meant to protect Natives from uncontrolled white settlements. -
Samuel Hearne
He joined the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) and first European to reach the Arctic Ocean in 1766. -
Quebec Act
Signed in 1774, intended to reorganize the way these British territories were governed -
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North-West Company
A major force in the fur trade from the 1780s to 1821. -
War of 1812
The war between the United States and Great Britain from 1812 to 1815 -
General Isaac Brock
Military commander, administrator of Upper Canada. hero of the battle of Queenston Heights in 1812 -
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The War of 1812
between the United States and Great Britain from 1812 to 1815 -
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Great Migration
Period of immigration to Canada from 1815 to 1850 -
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American Civil War
Conflict between the Northern US states (Union) and the Southern states that seceded and formed the Confederacy 1861-65. It was important in the development of a separate Canadian identity. -
Confederation
T he union of the British North American colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Canada. Achieved 1 July 1867. -
David Thompson
fur trader, explorer, surveyor, mapmaker. Apprenticed to the HUDSON'S BAY CO in 1784, Thompson devoted most of his life to the study of geography and the practice of mapmaking. The maps, based primarily on his own explorations and observations, were the first to provide a comprehensive view of the vast western territories that became part of Canada in 1870